PacWest Outdoors: Bait Theory from a Minnesota Public Land Bear Hunter
Story and photos by Gary Lewis Momma bear came in wary. Two small cubs had just walked into the...
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PacWest Outdoors: Small Camp Security
Who is watching when you’re not watching? By Gary Lewis It might be a sleeping bag in a lean-to...
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PacWest Outdoors: An Honest Black Bear
You think a bear loses weight fast in its winter den? Try putting it on a scale! Story and Photos...
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PacWest Outdoors: 6 Steps to Break in to Chukar Hunting
It’s the tension, three-toed tracks by the waterhole and a bird hidden in the bunchgrass. It’s the...
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PacWest Outdoors: Deer Hunting: A Trip Back To The Start Of The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail ended for some at Oregon City, and for others in Eugene. It started in Missouri...
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PacWest Outdoors: Elk: Back in the Blues with an Army Veteran
U.S. Army vet Kyle James returns to his homeland for a late-summer elk hunt By Gary Lewis After I...
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PacWest Outdoors: Blackpowder Blacktail at First Light
A solo hunt with an 1840s-tech muzzleloader at the end of the Applegate Trail. By Gary Lewis Dawn....
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PacWest Outdoors: Western Quail and Pheasant: Different Stages
One man’s limit of valley quail, a rooster and a hare to split By Gary Lewis What pheasants...
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PacWest Outdoors: Oregon: High School Ducks and Football
When fall means passing the pigskin for a last-second touchdown and a watery waterfowl hunt the...
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PacWest Outdoors: The 22 Nosler on New Zealand’s West Coast
Hunting chamois up above the clouds By Gary Lewis The first rule of mountain hunting is –...
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PacWest Outdoors: Left-handed Rockfish on the Oregon Coast
Want fish and chips for dinner? Catch it yourself. Prospecting the ocean floor with hardware and...
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PacWest Outdoors: Hunting Coyotes on the Summer Range
Plan more coyote hunts in spring and summer to take pressure off big game in the critical months...
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